Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-15
POWELL'S EL0QUENCE.
0HIO'S NEXT GOVERNOR MAKES A RINGING
ADDRESS AT ZANESVILLE.
An Immense Crowd Present 10 Hear the Democratic
Candidats-Ths Administration Yindicatsd-
Some Truths About the Pension CUES
6On-Foraksr vs.. Mrs. Cleveland.

nsho . hooS OdNpVdAAh6 oA VIZ RSOF-
Muskingum county to-day. They came
from every township and village in the
county, to greet the brilliant standard
bearer of the Democratic party, Hon.
Thomas E. Powell. A large number OF
citizens assembled at the depot this after
noon to meet Mr.. Powell, and when the
train arrived their greeting was mingled
with the roar of cannon which fred sa-
lutte from the top of Putnam hill. Mr..
Powell was driven to the Clarendon Hotel,
where he held an informal reception and
met large number of people.
As early as o'clock the people began to
assemble in Odd Fellows Hall, where Mr..
Powell and General Cary were to speak.
Such a crowd never assembled in the hall
before. The stage, the aisles, the stairways
and gallery were packed with people,
while hundreds were turned away. 1t
was 8 o'clock when Chairman A. J.
Andrews introduced Mr.. Powell as gen
tleman and scholar, brilliant orator and
one of the purest men in Ohio politics to-
day. Mr.. Powell was greeted with tre-
mendous and prolonged applause. When
it had subsidized he delivered one Of his
forcible and entertaining speeches which
created a good impression. He said: 1t
was proclaimed i'll the campaign Of 1881
that the return of the Democratic party to
power meant the ruin OF American indus
dustries. The fact is that the election OF
Grover Cleveland has not only strengthened
those industries and his own party, but
brought
PROSPERITY To THE PEOPLE.
Governor Foraker, in public speech, told
the citizens of IrOnton that the triumph OF
Democracy meant the closing of their mills
and furnaces; that the owls and bats would
inhabit the smokestacks of their factories
and the merry hum Of industry drowned in
depression. l visited that city recently
and instead of finding her mills and fac
tories closed, found them all busy and
employing = 500 workingmen while not a
single one of Governor Foraker!s owls or
bats could be found. Tne facts are that
every pledge made by our party in that
campaign has been fulfilled and these pre-
dictions of dGmagogues made a target for
ridicule. Reforms have been inaugurated
in every department of the public service.
Economy and retrenchment are the prevail
ing idea. Unnecessary clerks are being
discharged and millions of dollars saved.
I'VE have done something for the sol
diers, too, while this economy Is being
practiced, and twenty-five years after the
war We found the widows and orphans OF
soldiers who had periShsd in battle re-
ceiying a pension Of but s. per month and
we increased that to $l2, while the pen
sions of the soldiers have also been in
creased. More pensions have been granted
to union soldiers during two years Of this
Democratic administration
THAN ANY FOUR YEARS
of Republican administration, while at
the same time the expenditures of the
Government have been decreased ST, ,OOO,-
900, and despite the increase OF 81, 900, 900
in the expenditures for pensions we have
an enormous surplus in the Treasury,
which the President of the United States,
the Democratic members Of Congress
and the Democracy of Ohio unite In asking
be reduced by relieving the people OF rs
much AS possible of the burdens OftaXation.
Why, John Sherman in his opening speech
said this administration was not 80 bad rs
expected. In plain English that means il
is above criticism. But, of course, there
are people who object to this administra-
tion. At Toledo, Governor Foraker said
that Grover. Cleveland, while Mayor Of
Buffalo, had vetoed an ordinance appro-
priatiug 5000 TO pay for decorations on
Decoration day Now there might be some
cause for criticism there were this all the
facts, hut they are not. That ordinance
was illegal because the statutes expressly
provided that q corporation can appropri-
ate money for no other purpose than the
actual expenses of running the municipal
ity and Grover Cleveland, true to his
oath of office, said, gentlemen, can't
sign this; it is Illegal aud what did he do
then? He said the way to raise that $500
is by subscription and he at once sub
scribed his name, first on the list and for
the largest amount subscribed by any other
citizen toward that $500.
"And then have heard it objected by
Republicans that Grover Cleveland did
not 20 to war. That reminds me OF the
meeting Mt which Republican orator was
bowling that Cleveland was not fit to be
President because he was never soldier.
This aroused an Irishman in the rear OF
the audience, who jumped up and replied:
Yes he was, sir; he was in the same COM
pany and regiment with James G.. Blaine.
He may have been in the same regiment,
but draw
THE LINE ON COMPANY.
While James G. Blaine was mixed up in
public corruption Grover Cleveland was
leading the life Of an industrious citizen.
But tiriug of his feeble attacks on Presi-
dent Cleveland, and he " wants TO be
elected Governor because Mrs. Cleveland
turned her back on him. He is endeavor-
/ ING TO make this an issue in the campaign
and certainly hope he will succeed. 1t
this fight is to be between Governor Fora
ker and Mrs Cleveland he will be
beaten over $1,000. don't want
to he personal with Governor Foraker
and would not think OF abusing him, be-
| cause we are friends We went to college
| together and both of us enlisted as privates
I in the late war. One Of the differences
between us now is that l have long since
come to the conclusion that the war is over,
while Governor Foraker is still fighting it. "
Mr.. Powell was frequently interrupted
by applause and held the immense audience
| intently for an hour and half. At the
conclusion OF his speech General Cary was
introduced and delivered one of his usual
powerful and witty speeches which de-
i;,hta1 The andianre The meeting con-
cluded with three cheers for the next gov
ernor of Ohio-and they were not meant
for Foraker.
In support of Commercial Union.